>I am running Linux. I have a dump 0.4b9-1 ...
As I recall, that's **way** too old.
>... Before I go to the work of installing it, are
>there good reasons to prefer dump to gnu-tar or vice versa?
Oh, no. Here we go on this subject again :-).
Yes, there are reasons. But for every one side A gives, side B has a
counter, so it's mostly philosophical. Pick what you're comfortable with.
I will throw in that GNU tar alters the last access time of every file
backed up, and that's the main reason I don't use it.
>Dylan
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